Redlands, California —The world’s leading mapping platform company, Esri, and the National Geomatics Center of China (NGCC) held a signing ceremony in Beijing, China with respect to providing access to NGCC’s mapping web services. This historic agreement will...
The Bureau of Land Management Uses Esri Story Maps to Encourage Public Land Exploration
Redlands, California —The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) now uses Esri Story Maps to encourage exploration of the United States' public land treasures. The story maps document the travels of BLM wilderness specialist and photographer Bob Wick and were designed to...
Bluesky Upgrades and Updates National Tree Map of 280 Million Trees
Leicestershire, UK, 17 May 2016 – Aerial mapping company Bluesky is completing an extensive update of the National Tree Map which uniquely identifies the location, height and canopy cover of more than 280 million trees nationwide. The update, which covers more than...
MapJam Launches Developer API with Open Source Maps Targeting Google Maps and Mapbox Customers with Reduced, Simpler Pricing and Terms
San Francisco — MapJam, Inc. announced the release of MapJam for Developers with free access to the simplest and most accessible developer tools for building mapping applications. MapJam now offers robust, vector map tiles based on OpenStreetMap data that work...
New Maps for Texas and Oklahoma Released
New US Topo maps for Texas and Oklahoma are now available in the USGS Store for free download. One of the main improvements is the inclusion of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) road data. “The US Topo...
Esri Announces 2016 Storytelling with Maps Contest
Redlands, California—Esri is inviting people to submit their top Esri Story Map projects for a chance to win prizes and peer recognition at the Esri User Conference. Contest participants can submit up to three preexisting or new story maps between now and May 23,...
Esri and USDA Forest Service Introduce Interactive Trove of Maps
Redlands, California—March 24, 2016—Esri and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service announce the publication of Engagement Portfolio, a gallery of maps and apps that gives everyone access to US forestry data. The portfolio of maps and analysis...
4,000 Organisations Signed Up to the PSMA
Accessing digital maps has never been easier thanks to the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA) – a centrally funded licensing agreement between Government and Ordnance Survey. The PSMA allows geographic data to be widely available, free at the point of use and...
New Maps of 2015 Floods Help S. Carolina Plan for the Future
The U.S. Geological Survey has created 20 new flood inundation maps that can help South Carolinians take steps to prevent or reduce future flood damage in the areas affected by the widespread floods of October 2015. The maps, which document the extent and depth of...
Big Data Project Aims to Make Breathing Easier by Mapping Air Quality
Heavy city traffic contributes significantly to air pollution and health problems such as asthma, but University of Texas at Dallas researchers think another kind of traffic — data traffic — might help citizens better cope with pollution. “Online maps are...